After four years of ongoing construction, Kaohsiung City’s modern sports complex has finally reached its completion with its official inauguration ceremony held on September 27.

With one day to go, the Commonwealth Games in Manchester is set to become the biggest and most successful sporting event in the UK. Sports enthusiasts across the UK and local residents will reap the benefits of a legacy of sports facilities and a first-rate cooperation between key public services - police, transport and local and national government - and visitors and residents.

OLYMPIC champion Cathy Freeman has confirmed that she will run for Australia in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Manchester 2002 revealed today that UK ticket sales for the XVII Commonwealth Games are now approaching 600,000, which is 80% of the UK ticket allocation.

Olympic gold medallist and triple jump World Champion Jonathan Edwards will announce Rover as the Official Car Sponsor of the XVII Commonwealth Games on Thursday 9th May at the City of Manchester stadium.

With just over 500 days to the largest and most spectacular multi-sport event ever hosted in the UK, organisers today illustrated that, against their original objectives for the event, they have already exceeded expectations and are firmly on track to deliver a world class XVII Commonwealth Games.